Telstra CEO Vicki Brady has cautioned that News Corp's decision making around selling Foxtel, of which the telco owns 35 per cent, was in its early stages.
Telstra and Optus have delayed the 3G closure to launch a massive public safety campaign, after fears phones, alarms and medical equipment could be cut off.
More copper connections have been replaced with faster fibre over the past year, NBN Co has revealed, but the broadband boost proved expensive.
Laws that crack down on the creation and sharing of non-consensual sexual images, including digitally altered deepfakes, should pass with haste, senators say.
Farming families fear losing their access to health and education, as Telstra acknowledges some may lose connectivity in 3G closure.
Threats to safety from the 3G mobile network shutdown are "too great to ignore", an inquiry warns, but Telstra and Optus are pressing ahead with their plans.
Critical devices from insulin pumps and pacemakers to security cameras and EFTPOS machines could be affected by the 3G shutdown, an inquiry has been told.
Telcos and the government may not realise the potential extent of disruptions when 3G is switched off, with concerns across health, construction and farming.
As the world reboots and transport, governments and businesses return to normal, experts take in what might have been the world's biggest IT failure.
A faulty update to widely used cybersecurity software has knocked airlines, media companies, banks and telecoms offline around the world.
As the world reboots and transport, governments and businesses return to normal, experts take in what might have been the world's biggest IT failure.
More than 100,000 mobile phones won't connect to triple-zero after the 3G network shuts down, as telcos ramp up their efforts to contact affected customers.
Australia's links to the Pacific remain a high priority as the prime minister met with his Tuvaluan counterpart amid geopolitical uncertainty.
There are 205,000 mobile phones that won't connect to triple-zero after the 3G network closes, as telcos urge customers to check their devices and upgrade.
Silent phone numbers and addresses were published by Telstra in the online White Pages in a failing that put customer safety and privacy at risk.
Privacy and safety has been put at risk after Telstra published the private numbers, names and addresses of 24,000 customers in the White Pages.
The traumatising consequences of non-consensual AI porn used against school girls have come to the front of the national conscience - so what's being done?
Some phone apps and websites have little to no protections to stop people from using AI-image generation to create porn from photos without a person's consent.
Telco giant Telstra will axe up to nine per cent of its workers, chasing $350 million in cost savings as it focuses on better-performing parts of its business.
As children spend more time online, the federal police boss warns they are being exposed to extremist content, fuelling calls for age verification systems.
Politicians of all stripes have chastised social media giant X and billionaire owner Elon Musk for fighting an order to remove graphic content after a stabbing.
A series of embarrassing failures, including incorrect phone numbers and an incorrectly entered email address, contributed to triple zero delays on March 1.
Telecommunications giant Telstra says while its mobile business performed strongly in the first half, a review of its domestic enterprise division is underway.
The latest watchdog data shows an increase in complaints about telco services, coinciding with an Optus outage that lasted up to 14 hours for some customers.
Optus' revelation the number of unsuccessful calls to emergency services was 10 times more than first reported is "deeply concerning", the government says.
Another tranche of black spot funding will target communities at greater risk of bushfires to boost mobile coverage and reliability.
Letters will only be delivered every second day with Australia Post revamping its workflow to focus on parcels as Aussies turn to online shopping.
Australia's corruption watchdog doesn't think Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin's exit serves any purpose other than a quick reputational boost.
Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has stepped down after a challenging 18 months marked by two of the telco giant's worst and most public disasters.
A Senate inquiry into a 12-hour Optus outage that affected millions of Australians has revealed hundreds of triple-zero calls were unable to go through.
Optus has revealed the reason behind a communications outage that caused havoc for millions of people and businesses around the country.
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